25 women apply for V-C post at Madras University
177 applications for the top job
08/06/2020, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT, CHENNAI
The list of aspirants to the post of Vice-Chancellor of the University of Madras has as many as 177 persons, including around 25 women and professors from within the university.
Among the applicants is Kalyani Mathivanan, whose tenure at the Madurai Kamaraj University ended with allegations of arbitrarily removing some professors from the post of head of department.
The prestigious 163-year-old university has been in serious financial trouble in the last decade.
Mismanagement of funds has landed the university in financial crisis in the past decade.
P. Duraisamy, who completed his tenure on May 26 as Vice-Chancellor, managed to bring some amount of order in the financial structure.
“I am surprised to see that a substantial number of women have applied. Madras University has never had a lady as a V-C till now. It would be a welcome change,” said P. T. Srinivasan, former Syndicate Member and head of the Department of Management Studies.
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